Unidentified geosats

From: Tristan Cools (tristan.cools@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Oct 24 2006 - 17:43:07 EDT

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    Hello,
    
    Second try: this message didn't make it through yesterday
    
    Maybe some of you can help me with identifying, what I guess are some geosats:
    
    On the evening of september 24 after swimming in the Approuague River
    in French Guiana, I saw several close together standing, apparently
    geosynchronous satellites flashing almost direct above us.
    
    First I thought it was a distant slowly moving satellite but it seemed
    that the flashes were comming from at least 3 different satellites.
    Some flashes were brighter then others but they were easy visible.  I
    guess that some flashes were spaced with some 20s, some of them less
    some of them more.  I didn't have the time nor the means to make a
    more precise observation.  I guess it was around 22h local time which
    is GMT-3 I think.
    
    Here are the observation coordinates: 4deg11min52.90s N   52deg22min20.70s W
    
    Maybe a Superbird or Gorizont satellite ?
    
    This is not much but maybe there is something to tell about.
    
    Greetings,
    
    Tristan Cools
    BWGS
    
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